Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (7G08)
Miracle on Evergreen Terrace (5F07)
Grift of the Magi (BABF07)
She of Little Faith (DABF02)
Mr. Plow (9F07)
A short Mr Burns clip collection is the only special feature on this disc. Following the September release of
"Treehouse of Horror," this is the second
single-disc Simpsons DVD available in the USA.

In his interview with IGN, Al Jean confirmed that the delays
are caused by timetable problems in recording the commentary tracks.

"The writers who would have to do the commentary are trying to make the show stay good. To me, the current show is
the priority. The DVDs can always come out. We finally had the time to do these commentaries. Some of the cast appear
on these, too, and there's a lot of different aspects to the Simpson world and to me, the prime time show is the most
important. It's also the reason why the movie has taken so long, and it will be a while yet before a film comes out.
We just don't want to give the show a short shrift. And that's another reason the show has lasted so long. We're not
trying to do everything and burn it out."
The Easter Egg hunt has begun!

Disc 1Additional Commentary Track
Begin playing "Stark Raving Dad". Hit the "Audio" button on your DVD remote and go to track 5/5. This will bring you to a hidden episode
long commentary with Mike Reiss. (Note... Mike Reiss did not participate in the regular commentary for the episode.)

Disc 2Additional Commentary Track
Begin playing "Lisa's Pony". Hit the "Audio" button on your DVD remote and go to track 5/5. This will bring you to a hidden episode long
commentary with Mike Reiss. (Note... Mike Reiss did not participate in the regular commentary for the episode.)

Disc 3Additional Commentary Track
Begin playing "Bart the Lover". Hit the "Audio" button on your DVD remote and go to track 5/5. This will bring you to a hidden episode
long commentary with Al Jean. (Note... Al Jean did not participate in the regular commentary for the episode.)

Additional Commentary Track
Begin playing "Separate Vocations". Hit the "Audio" button on your DVD remote and go to track 5/5. This will bring you to a hidden
episode long commentary with Al Jean. (Note... Al Jean did not participate in the regular commentary for the episode because his basement
was flooded.)

Audio Outtakes
On the main menu hit "84763" on your DVD remote to bring up many outtakes from several cast memebers and guest stars. (Note...
these are great fun to listen to.)

Disc 413 Random Artist Sketches
Go to "Special Features" menu and hit "742" on your DVD remote to access 13 different artist sketches. (Note... these are
random so you don't always know what you will get.)

There is another way to access the additional commentaries, find an episode that does have a second commentary
and go to the episode's special features menu and enter in "10" . a new screen will pop up that tells you who
is featured in the bonus commentary and "play" will be highlighted. push enter and the episode will start with
the bonus commentary.

While some online stores are already shipping the R1 version of
The Complete Third Season (release date
Aug 26), more delays in Europe have been announced. New release date for Denmark is September 23,
for Finland October 3 and for the UK October 6.

More tidbits from the season 3 set:

BBFC reveals that the episode "Lisa's Pony" has a
commentary by Mike Reiss and "Bart the Lover" has a commentary by Al Jean.

Also see previously confirmed extras below (and in the "Nutshell" column).

BBFC reveals that in addition to the director's commentary, at least
"Separate Vocations" will also have a full-length Al Jean commentary
track. While the information at BBFC is still incomplete, we can only guess whether there will be two commentary
tracks for more than this one episode (or even all of them).

We've also been told that lots of care and money has been put into
The Complete Third Season, the production of
which is now finally finishing up. The features should be worth the wait and make the previous two discs pale in comparison.

A new single-disc DVD, "Christmas with The
Simpsons," will be released in the USA and Canada on October 14 ($14.98/$16.98).
In addition to the likely four episodes, it contains a short clip collection featuring best Mr Burns moments.

R2 Project has posted
cover art of the
upcoming (UK Sep 8) five single-disc DVDs. The same discs will be released in France on September 10.
French cover art is available at The Simpsons Park site.

Meanwhile, the UK release date for season 3 keeps changing. Now many major
retailers suggest September 1. We'll see if that sticks.

In Finland, both season 3 and
"Risky Business" will be out on
September 5.

In France the third season will be released on October 22 and in Sweden on September 24. Thanks to
Neotheone, Fredrik Alm & Jan Nielsen

June 20, 2003

Amazon.com has changed the
third season release date back to August 26.

Additionally, "Treehouse of Horror,"
previously released in regions 2 (Europe) and 4 (Australia), is the first single-disc Simpsons DVD release to hit the stores
in the USA and Canada, on September 2. It contains the Halloween episodes V,
VI, VII and XII, and a special clip featurette with
Kang & Kodos (2m:58s). The episodes come with Dolby 2.0 Surround sound. Three additional single-disc releases have previously
been released in Europe and Australia, but it is yet unknown whether these will be made available in region 1.

In the UK, major online stores including Amazon UK
and Play now set the third season release to July 28. In Denmark, both season 3 and
"Risky Business" will be out
on August 5th.

May 27, 2003

Amazon.com recently
changed the release date for The Complete Third Season to an earlier July 29 date, but no official
confirmation for the new date has yet been issued by Fox.

April 19, 2003

D'oh! As it turns out, the outtakes in the
The Complete Third Season
are audio only, and sources other than Variety do not mention the table read. This means that still no deleted
scenes are included, and the fate of the table read is uncertain. How disappointing is that! Who needs a poster image or
multi-language clips when, in theory, you could have up to 48 minutes unseen footage. Did you know that about two minutes
of every episode gets cut out when an episode returns from Korea?

In addition to the features mentioned below, the set will include a "baby translator," "pop-up" storyboards
and sketches from four episodes and a character poster image. Multi-language clips are
also included.

According to DVD Review magazine, the UK release date is July 28. In Germany, the set will be out
on September 11.

The great news is, that in addition to the 24 episodes with their commentary tracks, the set will include a
discussion of animation with Matt Groening, Jim Brooks and Al Jean, and better yet, outtakes
from numerous episodes, with and audio of a table read for "Treehouse of Horror II". Woohoo!
An 11-song jukebox feature and Fox promos are also included. The suggested retail price is at $49.98.

Season one of The Simpsons sold a record 1.6 million boxed sets, while the second season moved out an estimated 1.25 million copies, Variety reports.Source:
Variety
(Courtesy Adam Wolf)

April 14, 2003

A cover shot of The Complete Third Season DVD boxed set is now available (click to enlarge). No official release date has yet been issued.

Interestingly enough, according to evidence gathered by the Simpsons Park
web site, instead of a four-disc set, season 3 will be released in France in two 2-disc sets on August 20. Whether this change
of format will affect other R2 releases is yet unknown.

Finally, the release of "Risky Business"
in Spain has been moved to April 23.

In Denmark, both The Complete Third Season and
"Risky Business"
are out in early August. Thanks to Jan Nielsen

In a March 13 article
by The Los Angeles Times, Matt Groening confirms that it's the scheduling problems with recording commentary tracks
that keep delaying The Simpsons' DVD releases:

"We're doing audio commentaries for every episode, much to the chagrin of Fox Home Video," said
Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons." "They want us to put this show out much faster than we're
able to crank out these audio commentaries."

Although things are going much faster these days, Groening joked, "we've run out of things to say, and we're just like whistling and doing little songs and stuff."
Source:
The Los Angeles Times

Finally, to our great disappointment, we've been told that
The Complete Third Season will
not contain deleted scenes as a special feature. Approximately two minutes of every episode gets cut out
before first airing, as the episodes are 24 minutes long when they return from Korea (vs. 22 minutes aired). Many
of us had expected these lost scenes to be an obvious choice for DVD special features, but apparently we will have to
settle for something else.

Yet again, Amazon.de has changed the German release date for the set. Their
latest guess is September 11.

February 7, 2003

USA Today's Simpsons feature
reveals that only a week ago Matt Groening and the producers were still
recording commentary tracks for
The Complete Third Season.
This inevitably means that the release is not imminent.

From Al Jean's to-do list (Jan 30):
"Joining Simpsons creator Matt Groening to watch and comment on episodes for the Season 3 DVD."

January 30, 2003

Amazon.de has changed the German release
date for The Complete Third Season
to October 25. Hopefully this does not imply that the worldwide release has been pushed from spring to fall.

In addition to four episodes (see below), the disc will contain a clip collection
called "Chief Wiggum's Finest Moments" (3m:27s).

December 28, 2002

The next Simpsons single disc DVD release is called
"The Simpsons: Risky Business."
Like the previous ones, it will only be available in regions 2 and 4. The disc carries
four episodes: "Marge Gets a Job" (9F05),
"Deep Space Homer" (1F13),
"Homer the Smithers" (3F14),
and "Realty Bites" (5F06). Whether the disc will contain
a short clip collection like its predecessors is yet unknown.

"The Simpsons: Risky Business" ("Die Simpsons: Lockere Geschäfte") will be released
in Germany on February 22, and in the UK in March 2003. Thanks to
KeFir

December 27, 2002

According to Amazon.de,
The Complete Third Season will be out in Germany as early as on February 22.
Another German store, WOM, sets the release to February 13.
However, judging from the comments by Fox (see below), it is very likely that even the European
release will have to wait a little longer.Thanks to Axel Picker

December 4, 2002

In a live chat on Home Theater Forum,
Peter Staddon of 20th Century Fox said that they expect to get The Complete Third Season
DVD boxed set out in May 2003.

"The issue with The Simpsons is that there are so many people who are involved with
the DVD, and they are all incredibly busy working on the show for the network which has
to take priority," Staddon explained. He also said that there is some "very cool stuff on the discs
that will make season 3 much better."

According to Staddon, The Simpsons is the best selling TV show on DVD.

In Spain, "Treehouse of Horror" will be released on
October 16.Thanks to
Roberto J. Hurtado

September 11, 2002

"Treehouse of Horror"
DVD, to be released in regions 2 (Europe)
and 4 (Australia), will contain the Halloween episodes
V,
VI,
VII and XII,
with a special featurette with Kang & Kodos (2m:58s). The disc is
equipped with Dolby 2.0 Surround sound.

The disc will be released in Finland on October 25 and in
Australia on October 30. See below for the UK date.

"The Complete Third Season" will be released in Australia
as early as on November 1, claims DVDorchard
web store.Thanks to Steve McGoiter

Earlier (see below), an UK store set the local release to December 2. Note that neither
of these dates has yet been confirmed by distributors.

August 9, 2002

According to DVDorchard,
"Treehouse of Horror" DVD will be released in Australia
on October 31. The episodes on the disc are still unknown to us, but most
likely it will contain four Halloween episodes and a "Kang & Kodos'
Finest Moments" clip collection (2m:58s).

The disc will also be released in Europe. Release dates yet unknown.Thanks to Chris Bonham

August 7, 2002

Fox has launched the season 2 section at the official Simpsons DVD site at
www.thesimpsonsdvd.com. It contains
info on the sets, a trailer and fun Flash animations.

According to HMV store, the season
3 DVD set will be released in the UK as early as on December 2, 2002!Thanks to Jeffry Kam

July 22, 2002

According to a flyer that comes with
The Complete Second Season
in the UK, the next Simpsons DVD release in Europe and Australia will be the third single-disc title
called "Treehouse of Horror." Like the two previous ones, it's likely to contain four episodes and a brief clip
collection.Thanks to Darren Prescott

For details on the previous sets, see the archived DVD news:
Season 1 | Season 2